Punjab Cabinet on Friday gave a go-ahead to the amendments in the existing policy for regularisation of colonies following the recommendations of sub-committee with a broad objective of bringing unauthorized colonies and buildings within framework for providing basic civic amenities to the residents of unauthorized colonies.
Under this policy, only those colonies that came into existence before implementation of PAPR Act, 1995, need not to get their plots or buildings regularized.
But, the policy would be applicable to those plots of such colony which were sold after August 9, 1995, — after coming into force of PAPR Act, 1995.
The rates of compounding fee on unauthorized buildings have been reduced considerably.
As per the state government’s survey, a total of 5340 colonies have been initially identified to be illegal. However, a senior government official told The Pioneer that the number of unauthorized colonies is “much more”, and is touching the 10,000-mark.